Ex-Marine sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing fellow Marine

An Orange County judge sentenced a former Camp Pendleton-based Marine to 15 years in prison for his part in the shooting death of another Marine over drug money.

Alvin Lovely, 24, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter for the 2008 killing of 20-year-old Stephen Serrano. Lovely also pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter.

Serrano was killed in a secluded area of San Clemente on May 13, 2008. Prosecutors say Lovely and 25-year-old fellow Marine Christian Carney thought Serrano had stolen drug money from Carney's room. Serrano was shot once in the face and three times in the back. His body was discovered by a jogger two days after the murder.